Lacing-flap for corsets



H. J. WRIGHT.

LACING FLAP FOR CORSETS.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.9. 1919.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

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ROYAL J. WRIGHT, OF SPRINGFEELD,

CORSET COMPANY, MASSACHUSETTS.

LACING-FLAP FOR GQRSETS.

Specification (if-Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

Application filed August 9, 1919. Serial No. 816.365.

To all whom it may con cern e it known that I, ROYAL J. \VRIGHT, of Springfield, county of Hampden, and ommonwealth of Massachusetts,v a citizen of the United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacing-Flaps for Corsets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in lacing flaps for corsets. An object of the invention is to provide a corset in which a flap member is located between the lacing edges of the corset that are drawn together with the lacing strings. This member is provided with eyelets through which pass the lacing. The flap member itselfis also provided with eyelets to receive the strands of the lacing strings which pass through the eyelets of the corsets.

A further object of the invention is to so provide a flap member that will always and automatically close the opening between the lacing edges of the corset when the lacing is operated to draw the corset together over the flap member.

Referring to the,drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view showing the corset closed, that is to say, with the lacing strings drawn tight for holding the edges substantially parallel to each other.

Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the lacing flap spanning the space between the open front edges of the corset.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the lacing flap showing the center strip thereof, in which is located the eyelets, and the center strip raised slightly, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 4 -4 of Fig. 1, showing the manner of passing the lacing strings through the flap member and the adjacent side members of the corset.

Referring to the drawings in detail 1 and 2 designate the side members of the corset. The usual stays are indicated at 3 and 4; the clasps at 5 and 6. The insert flap member is shown in detail in Fig. 3. It comprises three flexible strips indicated at 7, 8, and 9. These are connected together at their extreme ends by means of the binding tapes 10 and 11. The center member 8, as shown in Fig. 3, is formed with the eyelets 12. It will be noticed that the center member is only connected to the members 7 and 9 by means of the binding tapes 'sitely located lacing edges of at its ends, and the member 8 overlaps the members 7 and 9. The eyelets in the oppothe garment are indicated at 13 and 14.] The flap member is preferably providedwith stiffening ribs or stays similar to those in the body of the corset. The lacings which pass through the eyelets 12, 13, and 1e are indicated at 15, and 16. These lacings sent one continuous piece. the middle point of which is indicated at 17. From this point one half of its length passes to the left, as shown ward through the eyelet 19, then forward by means of the strand 20, then downward through the eyelet 21 of the center piece 8, and then across as indicated at 22 and upward through the eyelet 23, then forward as indicated at 2 1, downward through the eyelet 25, to the left by the strand 26, upward through the eyelet 27, and the loose folded continuous end portion 28, 29, which is continued as indicated by the dotted lines to the strand 30; then downward through the eyelet 31, strand 32, and eyelet. 33, and then continuously in an over and over di rection and through the eyelets in the center member and side member until the loose end 34 is reached. The same manner of lacing 011 the other side starts from the middle point 17 and proceeding in the same manner on the .right side of the view shown in the Fig. 2 and proceeding in an over and over direction until the end 35 is reached. These ends 34 and 35 are tied together. The loose folded strands 28 and 30 are long enough to pass around the waist of the wearer and hold the garment in place.

As indicated in Fig. 2 the flap member is shown as nearly filling the space between the opposite edges of the corset, while in Fig. 1 the edges of the corset are drawn nearly together, and the flap member is lo-- cated back of the adjacent members at their lacing edges, as indicated by dotted lines at 36.

One important feature of the invention is that when the lacings are drawnby the wearer through the eyelets, the flap member will not pucker up, but will lie flat on the strands of the lacings in parallel rela tion to the side members 1 and 2 of the corset. If it is desired to hold the side members 1 and 2 of the corset open as shown in Fig. 2, the flap spans the space as indirepreby the strand 18, then up-.

catcd. It should also be observed that when the loose strands 28 and 30 are drawn the two side members of the corset are simultaneously drawn toward the center and at equal distances so that the space over the flap member is symmetrically arranged.

From this construction it will be seen that I have provided a member that can be readily detached from the parts of a front or back laced corset, if desired, and which can be readily attached as desired if it is not necessary to use this flap member.

What I claim is;

in combination with a corset having eyeleted lacing edges, a flap member adapted to be placed behind said lacing edges and comprising two parallel strips of flexible "fabric spaced apart and provided with stays, a third strip also stayed over-lying said strips and the space therebetwcen, a permanent connection between said strips at the upper and lower ends only, a single row of eyelets in the center of said third strip extending the length of said strip, and a single lacing cord engaging the eyelets in the strip and in the lacing edges of the corset in such manner that said edges may be simultaneously drawn together substantially into contact and over the flap member.

ROYAL J. WRIGHT. 

